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  1. #1
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    Default Tournament play, critique

    Hey guys, I'd like you to critique these two hands from some tourny play the other day. An comments welcome. Thanks!

    *Also one hand from a SnG game at the bottom...


    Table "Atata" ($5 tournament) -- Seat 1 is the button
    Seat 1: BDevious (435.00 in chips)
    Seat 2: ..reefa.. (1,840.00 in chips)
    Seat 3: PauAlready (1,180.00 in chips)
    Seat 4: quincrimes (990.00 in chips)
    Seat 5: wolfracer (935.00 in chips)
    Seat 6: champ_49 (460.00 in chips)
    Seat 7: fieldofstone (805.00 in chips)
    Seat 8: Hajii (850.00 in chips)
    Seat 9: DEVILDAWG$$ (885.00 in chips)
    Seat 10: magnutty (1,620.00 in chips)
    ..reefa..: Post Small Blind (5)
    PauAlready: Post Big Blind (10)
    Dealing...
    Dealt to Hajii [ Qs ]
    Dealt to Hajii [ Qh ]
    quincrimes: Fold
    wolfracer: Fold
    champ_49: Call (10)
    fieldofstone: Fold
    Hajii : Raise (40)
    DEVILDAWG$$: Call (40)
    magnutty: Call (40)
    BDevious: Call (40)
    ..reefa..: Call (35)
    PauAlready: Fold
    champ_49: Call (30)
    *** FLOP *** : [ Td Qd 3h ]
    ..reefa..: Check
    champ_49: Check
    Hajii : Bet (270)
    DEVILDAWG$$: Fold
    magnutty: Call (270)
    BDevious: Call (270)
    ..reefa..: Fold
    champ_49: Fold
    *** TURN *** : [ Td Qd 3h ] [ 3d ]
    Hajii : Check
    magnutty: Check
    BDevious: Bet (125)
    Hajii : Call (125)
    magnutty: Call (125)
    *** RIVER *** : [ Td Qd 3h 3d ] [ 2c ]
    Hajii : Check
    magnutty: Check
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Pot: 1,435 | Board: [ Td Qd 3h 3d 2c ]
    BDevious lost 435 (showed hand) [ 6d 2d ] (a flush, queen high)
    ..reefa.. lost 40 (folded)
    PauAlready lost 10 (folded)
    quincrimes didn't bet (folded)
    wolfracer didn't bet (folded)
    champ_49 lost 40 (folded)
    fieldofstone didn't bet (folded)
    Hajii bet 435, collected 1,435, net +1,000 (showed hand) [ Qs Qh ] (a
    full house, queens full of threes)
    DEVILDAWG$$ lost 40 (folded)
    magnutty lost 435 (showed hand) [ Ac Jh ] (a pair of threes)

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    Table "Atata" ($5 tournament) -- Seat 6 is the button
    Seat 2: ..reefa.. (1,700.00 in chips)
    Seat 3: PauAlready (1,450.00 in chips)
    Seat 4: quincrimes (960.00 in chips)
    Seat 5: wolfracer (885.00 in chips)
    Seat 6: champ_49 (370.00 in chips)
    Seat 7: fieldofstone (795.00 in chips)
    Seat 8: Hajii (1,850.00 in chips)
    Seat 9: DEVILDAWG$$ (725.00 in chips)
    Seat 10: magnutty (1,265.00 in chips)
    fieldofstone: Post Small Blind (10)
    Hajii : Post Big Blind (20)
    Dealing...
    Dealt to Hajii [ 3s ]
    Dealt to Hajii [ As ]
    DEVILDAWG$$: Call (20)
    magnutty: Fold
    ..reefa..: Fold
    PauAlready: Fold
    quincrimes: Fold
    wolfracer: Fold
    champ_49: Call (20)
    fieldofstone: Call (10)
    Hajii : Raise (50)
    DEVILDAWG$$: Fold
    champ_49: Raise (350)
    fieldofstone: Fold
    Hajii : Call (300)
    *** FLOP *** : [ Qs Th 3h ]
    *** TURN *** : [ Qs Th 3h ] [ Td ]
    *** RIVER *** : [ Qs Th 3h Td ] [ 7s ]
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Pot: 780 | Board: [ Qs Th 3h Td 7s ]
    ..reefa.. didn't bet (folded)
    PauAlready didn't bet (folded)
    quincrimes didn't bet (folded)
    wolfracer didn't bet (folded)
    champ_49 lost 370 (showed hand) [ Jh Ac ] (a pair of tens)
    fieldofstone lost 20 (folded)
    Hajii bet 370, collected 780, net +410 (showed hand) [ 3s As ] (two
    pair, tens and threes)
    DEVILDAWG$$ lost 20 (folded)
    magnutty didn't bet (folded)

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    *
    Game #681186979 - (blinds $0.05/$0.10) No Limit Texas Hold'em -
    2005/01/02-07:01:29.4 (CST)
    Table "Dominica" (real money) -- Seat 6 is the button
    Seat 1: TVC15 ($31.58 in chips)
    Seat 2: sadatay ($36.38 in chips)
    Seat 6: bobk206 ($7.04 in chips)
    Seat 7: Petwo ($12.30 in chips)
    Seat 9: Hajii ($8.30 in chips)
    Seat 10: tiltoholic ($10.90 in chips)
    Petwo : Post Small Blind ($0.05)
    Hajii : Post Big Blind ($0.10)
    Dealing...
    Dealt to Hajii [ 3s ]
    Dealt to Hajii [ Ks ]
    tiltoholic: Call ($0.10)
    TVC15 : Call ($0.10)
    sadatay : Call ($0.10)
    bobk206 : Fold
    Petwo : Call ($0.05)
    Hajii : Check
    *** FLOP *** : [ As Qs Js ]
    Petwo : Check
    Hajii : Check
    tiltoholic: Check
    TVC15 : Fold
    sadatay : Check
    *** TURN *** : [ As Qs Js ] [ Kc ]
    Petwo : Check
    Hajii : Check
    tiltoholic: Check
    sadatay : Bet ($0.18)
    Petwo : Call ($0.18)
    Hajii : Raise ($1)
    tiltoholic: Fold
    sadatay : Fold
    Petwo : Call ($0.82)
    *** RIVER *** : [ As Qs Js Kc ] [ Td ]
    Petwo : Check
    Hajii : Bet ($7.20)
    Petwo : Call ($7.20)
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Pot: $16.28 | Rake: $0.80
    Board: [ As Qs Js Kc Td ]
    TVC15 lost $0.10 (folded)
    sadatay lost $0.28 (folded)
    bobk206 didn't bet (folded)
    Petwo lost $8.30 [ 8d Th ] (a straight, ten to ace)
    Hajii bet $8.30, collected $16.28, net +$7.98 (showed hand) [ 3s Ks ]
    (a flush, ace high)
    tiltoholic lost $0.10 (folded)
  2. #2
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    himself fucker.
    Hand 1, I don't mind playing it weak on the turn and trying for a river check raise. Could have also raised the turn and leaded the river.

    Hand 2, very loose call. Too loose.

    Hand 3, the board helped emensly. I like it. Big blind special.

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    Hand 1: Check/call on turn or betting on turn/river are both fine. Depending on read, I might have thrown out 1/4 to 1/2 pot bet on the river to fake a steal or possibly even all in.
    Hand 2: Questionable raise and worse call. Wait for a better spot.
    Hand 3: well-played
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    I only have a comment on hand 1.

    I think the turn and river betting should have been stronger. I would have minraised the turn, hoping for a re-raise. You've got two opponents who obviously don't want to fold. The checking, hoping for a check raise was weak after such heavy flop action. Seems to me that more could have been extracted. Either make it look like a steal by going all in yourself, or lure them to go all in by weak betting. You can't extract much by check/calling.
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    for me if i flop a set and theres 2 of a suit im all in.

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